Time to recycle

This week's Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge is "Recycle Something." Since one of my favorite things to do is recycle/upcycle, I took some time today to make some cards for this challenge. Was fun digging in my stash of papers and miscellaneous items to find treasures that I could put to use.

This first card uses an old South Dakota map for the card base and the envelope, plus pheasant feathers that I've had for a few decades [I know that because my husband's MS has prevented him from hunting since the late 1990s. Am glad the feathers didn't disintegrate.] The fishing lure and Gone Fishing sentiment are from a scrapbooking kit. Besides adding feathers, I also used a silver gel pen to add some highlights to the hooks The inside sentiment is computer generated.  

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Simon Says Monday Challenge- Recycle Something                             (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

Outlawz Challenges- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes [Layers]      (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

This is my final entry for The Paper Shelter's current digital image challenge. I had fun using one of their images that I recently won named, "Where're we goin'?"

Colored the cutie with Spectrum Noir markers and white gel pen. Used some travel themed background paper and the small suitcase in the lower left corner from a scrapbook kit. The sentiment is a vellum sticker that I've had in my stash for a few years. And, I added a piece of vellum atop the background paper to help the digi image stand out more boldly. 

 

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The Paper Shelter- #366 Digital Image                                   (thepapershelter.blogspot.com.ar)

Word Art Wed Challenge- #370-#371 Anything Goes          (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)

Decided to make another card to enter into Power Poppy's Creative Confetti "Half and Half Challenge" [where an image is cut in half, with one half colored.]  I remembered making this type of card many years ago- as in back in the late '90's. I used a vintage PSX wood mount stamp named "Hybrid Rose." These cards go together so easily that I made two of them in different colors.

 

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Outlawz Challenges- Songs/Rhymes- Ring a Ring o' Roses  (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Half and Half                       (powerpoppy.blogspot.com/2019/01/creative-confetti-lets-go-half-half.html)

My final card for this post is actually two cards! I absolutely love the intriguing stamping opportunity called "Twofer Card Challenge." The goal of this fun challenge is to use the exact same stamp or die to make two cards with distinctly different designs for two different occasions. Here are details-

I came up with the idea for the first card when I saw a sweet penguin shape card made by artist Dina Kowal [you can find it here.] 

I used the template to make a baby card, hand sketching and coloring the little blankie. Thinking that the little cutie needed something to cuddle, I looked through my teddy bear stamps. Nothing looked right… and then I realized that a little, stuffed penguin would be perfect. Dug through my stamps and found a happy little penguin in a set that my mom gave me several years ago. [Sorry but I don't know who makes it as it wasn't in the original packaging. I did provide a photo. If you recognize the set, please let me know who makes it. Thanks.] The Welcome Baby sentiment is a freebie from Papercrafts Magazine [you can find it here.]

And the inside sentiment is computer generated.

For the North Pole card, I stamped the little penguin and North Pole sentiment onto white cardstock.  Fussy cut both then colored the penguin and added Polar White Flowersoft to his hat. Cut a thin scrap of patterned paper to make the pole for the sign, adding a bit of shading with a grey marker and highlights with a white gel pen. The snowy scene background is super easy to create. [I posted a tutorial on how to make it back in November 2017. All it takes is a paper scrap, ink pad, and tree stamp. You can find it here.] 

The inside sentiment is a freebie from TLC Creations. 

 

 

 

 

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Twofer Card Challenge- #12 Birds                                                   (twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com)

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                 (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #421 Anything Goes  (craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk) 

Di’s Digi Stamps- Snow Much Fun                                                  (disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Outlawz Challenges- Saturday Paper Ala Mode- Winter Snow  (Outlawzchallenges.ning.com)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- Jan                      (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)
Doing Life- Create with TLC Challenge #25                                  (desiref.blogspot.co.za)
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Clean and Simple                (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

The Cutie Pie Challenge- #131 Cute, Clean and Simple               (cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com)